I was sworn in as an American citizen today, along with 3,561 other people (all together in the same room) at the Pomona Fairplex in L.A. County. Yay for me.

 

Grats man! If our dollar keeps it up, I'm gonna shoot for Canadian citizenship.

 

What were you before?

 

congrat. i got my citizenship last year.
are u going to vote now?

 

Thanks. I'm not going to register to vote. Don't care much for politics.

I was, and still am, a UK citizen. It's always nice to have a couple of passports and a couple of places to call home. I can always head back to the UK if I ever need free healthcare, if there is a mandatory draft here in the US, or if the American economy goes down the shítter.

 

welcome to the great world of having a european and an american passport

=)

 

Congratulations! So they taught you the secret handshake.....right?

 

You mean this one? -->

 

Dude!
Congratulations, and thank you for doing it the right way!

I salute you - and welcome!!!

 

gratz on the citizenship.

 

Yeah man, it took 7 years, thousands of dollars, a couple of physical exams, a bunch of vaccinations, a couple of fingerprinting sessions, and several interviews and meetings to get to this point. Thank god that's over.

 

Congrats!
Sucks to go through all that trouble though.
I made sure my parents went through all of that before I turned 18...all I had to do was show up and raise my right hand,

 

My best friend from Durham, UK asked me to write a letter on his behalf when he went through this.
That was almost 20 years ago, and he's back in Durham for a few years.

Congrat's again - that's a lot of work, but to be a REAL American, it's worth the effort.

 

physical exam? like the one where they stick that vibrating bar up your anu- wait, you mean to tell me you didnt get that?! what a jip! you shouldve asked for it! haha jk

congrats!

 

Yeah, I got the vibrator treatment too. I heard it's mandatory.

 

Congrat's. My mother just got hers last month.
but...come on. Don't run away when it suits you. We speak of the pride of the English, but remember where you are.

 

I don't have any immediate plans to leave. We'll see what happens...

 

Cool. Good luck and may you receive what you strive for.

 

this is a legal question...

if you're a citizen on a country does that mean that you have to surrender citizenship on the previous country or can you run dual or multiple citizenships

 

Depends on the country.
Some allow dual-citizenship.
I think the UK does...